c# - XDocument : is it possible to force the load of a malformed XML file?

Question

I have a malformed XML file. The root tag is not closed by a tag. The final tag is missing.

When I try to load my malformed XML file in C#

StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(path);
batchFile = XDocument.Load(sr); // Exception

I get an exception "Unexpected end of file has occurred. The following elements are not closed: batch. Line 54, position 1."

Is it possible to ignore the close tag or to force the loading? I noticed that all my XML tools ((like XML notepad) ) automaticly fix or ignore the problem. I can not fix the XML file. This one copme from a third party software and sometimes the file is correct.

Answer 1

You cant do it with XDocument because this class loads all document in memory and parse it completly.
But its possible to process document with XmlReader it would get you to read and process complete document and at the end youll get missing tag exeption.